Ive bin waiting for someone to build this. Ive wanted to understand what it takes for a long time. Id love to know the details of how the fiber laser technology works. Look forward to future videos!
Amazing project, I have been following along. One suggestion, made out of kindness, not in an attempt to be an asshat. Unless you have some special kind of grinding wheel that I am not familiar with please dont ever grind aluminum, or zinc, or other soft metals on a wheel grinder. The wheel can literally explode resulting in a very bad day. Also please dont use the side of the wheel either. It will cut a groove and then it cant be dressed properly again potentially leading to disaster. Again, not attempting to be some arm chair know it all, just trying to help out. Keep up the good work!
@DimensionMachine - Is it the accumulation of soft metal in the wheel causing an imbalance that is the danger? Your comment got me interested. Poking around on McMaster-Carr, I found they sell silicon carbide grinding wheels intended for soft metals that, per the description, are suitable for aluminum and will not clog. I have not used these, just sharing what I found.
Al can accumulate in the pores, and its repeated expansion and contraction can lead to rupture of the vitreous binding of the Alu oxide wheels. And theoretically, if there were a lot of Al grindings in the same place as iron grindings, it could burn...
@@dathat555 As aluminum is ground it works its way into the wheel, acting much like a liquid wedge. Once the integrity of the wheel is breached the rotational energy is transferred into all the pieces flying outward. It is indeed an explosion of sorts.
Hi how are things. Can you tell me where you bought the laser components? I have a project to retrofit my laser. I want to update the power and also update the control and put fscut 2000 on it. Thank you so much
Hello, I have a question, I have a Raycus 1000w fiber laser source for cutting metals in mymachine, What is required to be able to upgrade to 1500 watts power source? Is it necessary to change the chiller? What other components needs to be changed in the machine to make this transition? Please I'll appreciate your opinions. Thank you Christian MC
Would love to know if you ever plan on renting out time/materials on this cutter. I've been trying to get blanks for my 42u rack made (precut are SOOO expensive), but getting them made 1 off are even worse. :(
Looking at those wooden crates with that brand new stuff, I often wonder what we would do without China. ...how many things would be out of reach for us in a whole lifetime for 10x - 20x of these prices.
I wonder if its possible to buy galvo head for this 1000W laser source - turning it into super powerful laser engraver? So you can just hook laser source beam cord to either cutter head or galvo head?
@@diyfiberlaser cool, wait for it for sure! I just wondered if this existing laser source can be utilised, mb lowering power to 5-10% only, and buying only beam tube with galvo head - since laser source is 80% of the price
Great build so far, but a potential safety concern - galvanized steel should probably be avoided as a beam stop, and be cautious about cutting it with the laser, since zinc oxide fumes can be produced and they aren't good for you. Brass can also be a potential problem for the same reason, and laser-cutting stainless steel can give off hexavalent chromium, which is much worse. The zinc fumes are probably not a particularly big deal if your fume extraction is sufficient, but it's something to be aware of. I'll mark (i.e. spot-anneal) stainless, but won't cut it on my own equipment because of the chromium risk, though.
Thanks, I appreciate your input. I've since learned of the dangers of cutting galvanized and have built an enclosure...I think my fume extraction is pretty good now. Hopefully it isn't an issue since the floor is an aluminum plate. I would still like to coat the entire box with a matte black coating so it isn't so reflective.
Plywood, Yes.... Aluminum extrusion? Not so much, If you don't already know, the amount of it used in precision and non precision applications in the automotive and machine industry is massive
It’s interesting, but I think you have it wrong. Few people will be willing to pay $14 per month for access to your information. The game on RU-vid is volume via subscribers and watchers. New ones come along every day and years after the production. I suggest you flip your model.
People will pay it, this is the first guy to do it so anyone that wants to do it on their own can find out by paying him 15 bucks. Once there's ten or Twenty of these tutorials on the internet then yeah monthly payment won't work, but for now people are happy to pay it
@@ethanwaldo1480 you and others missed the point. Operative word is few. How many people will “Buy” this info in total. X Y axis control is a trivial element for someone who desires this kind of equipment. They are probably a builder and would/should be able to do research to understand what they are building. 3d printers, laser engravers, all use xy controllers. Raycus, JPT, and a few other companies sell the pump lasers modules. They are assembled and ready to go. The author clearly indicate he is no expert. The point was, more money is to be made from subscriptions than tapping a small group of builders. I’m not certain there are 100,000 subscribers for this, but I’d be willing to bet there will be significantly less people who pay for the info. So back to the point. RU-vid is about volume via subscription. Maybe the author, who I admire and respect for his work can tell us how many people have signed up. I’m always open to being proven wrong.
Very interesting videos. But title is missleading it should be assemble of 1000W Fiber Laser. Everything is bought ready to install and not made by you.
